Amphibia - Salientia - Calyptocephalellidae
Synonym: Calyptocephalus Duméril and Bibron 1841 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Calyptocephalellidae according to S. F. Vizcaíno et al. 2022
See also Agnolin 2012, Fernicola and Albino 2012, Mörs et al. 2020, Moyano-Paz et al. 2022 and Schaeffer 1949
Sister taxa: Baurubatrachus, Calyptocephalella satan, Gigantobatrachus, Indobatrachus, Saniwa australis
Subtaxa: Calyptocephalella canqueli Calyptocephalella gayi Calyptocephalella sabrosa
Type: Calyptocephalella gayi
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (4)
• Deseadan of Bolivia (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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